Feb 22 How to Make Salted Caramel

Get a pot out. Get your measuring cups out. Get out a rubber spatula. Get out some sugar, butter, heavy cream, vanilla extract, and salt. Now let's begin.

Salted caramel. So rich. So smooth. So creamy. So perfectly sweet and salty. So good. And so quick and easy.

I'm serious. All you need to make homemade salted caramel is 5 ingredients and 10 minutes. But you might also need a step-by-step photo tutorial. And a video tutorial. In case you're not convinced about the effortlessness.

Because while homemade salted caramel is pretty basic, it's very possible you've never attempted making it before. And it's also very possible that you'll burn your caramel the first time you try making it. Like I did. I get it; it's a little daunting.

So I gotchu. I'm providing you with both. Both step-by-step photos and a video tutorial.

Salted caramel can be used for so many desserts. Here are just a few ideas:

1 - drizzle it on top of your ice cream2 - spread it over a cheesecake as a topping3 - use it as a surprise filling in a chocolate lava cake4 - stuff any number of bar recipes with a layer of it (coming next week eeeeeeeeeeek)5 - use it as a filling for homemade chocolates6 - make caramel candies7 - salted caramel and apple everything (apple pie, apple bars, baked apples, apple cobbler, straight over raw apple slices)8 - use it as a filling in between the layers of a layer cake9 - drizzle it over frostings on cupcakes and cakes10 - drop a dollop of it into your hot chocolate11 - dip a large spoon into it and consume

I'm done.

So let's begin. Here are the five ingredients you'll need:

1. Sugar 2. butter 3. heavy cream 4. vanilla extract 5. salt

Place 1 cup sugar into a medium saucepan over a medium flame. Stir it frequently with a rubber spatula.

SUGAR WILL CLUMP AND THEN MELT INTO AN AMBER LIQUID.

once sugar is melted, add in 2 oz. chopped butter right away. Caramel will bubble rapidly. Stir butter until melted.